The two main fixation formats used by researchers are formalin fixation followed by paraffin embedding (FFPE) or snap-frozen in liquid nitrogen (referred to as Fresh Frozen or FF). There is less of a ...

Collect tissues using sharp scissors or scalpel blades and mouse-tooth forceps. Handle tissues gently. Grasp and cut samples at the edges, so the areas of interest aren't damaged. At right is a ...

At the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society Annual Meeting, Stryker announced the launch of its SonicAnchor, a soft tissue solution that uses ultrasonic energy to liquefy and flow into ...

The third annual Cardiovascular Tissue Engineering Symposium met at the University of Alabama at Birmingham last month, a gathering of noted physicians and scientists who share the goal of creating ...

Abstract: Current orthopedic surgical fixation devices, such as metallic and polymeric screws or pins, have a series of distinct disadvantages, necessitating the need for novel “smart” tools that will ...

Fixing traumatic injuries to the skin and bones of the face and skull is difficult because of the many layers of different types of tissues involved, but now, researchers have repaired such defects in ...

Working out doesn't just build muscle but, in later life, helps maintain a powerful cellular machine that repairs damaged ...

In the era of personalized therapies, a precise assessment of biomarkers, both at the protein and gene levels, is crucial for an optimal patient management. 1 This is especially true for breast cancer ...

When surgeons repair tissues, they're currently limited to mechanical solutions such as sutures and staples, which can cause their own damage, or meshes and glues that may not adequately bond with ...

When tissue is severely damaged, surviving cells can respond in a concentrated burst of biological repair known as ...

The first line of treatment for cancer is, whenever possible, to remove the cancerous tissue from the body. Though often ...